Mailbox reset in Bonneville Hills

What 24/7 Express Handyman Service does on site

• Knocked-over or leaning mailbox posts reset plumb, or replaced with a 4 by 4 wood or 2-inch pipe support
• Mailbox body remounted securely to the post at the standard height and setback from the curb
• Bent doors, flags and mounting brackets straightened or replaced, and house numbers put back on the box

How it works

1. Photograph the damage and confirm placement and height with your local post office if the box is moving
2. Remove the broken post and reset or replace it, burying no more than about 24 inches so it can still give way if struck
3. Mount the box, check height and setback from the curb, and mark it with a snow stake for the rest of the season
4. Referred out: masonry or brick mailbox columns go to a mason, and any lighted mailbox wiring goes to a licensed electrician

What happens next

• The written scope and price come first; frozen ground may mean a temporary reset now and a permanent one after the thaw, and both are spelled out before work starts.
• Photograph the damage before anything is moved and keep every receipt; 24/7 Express Handyman Service provides an itemised invoice your insurer may ask for. The dispatch fee and job cost are paid by you on the day.

In Bonneville Hills

Bonneville Hills is a predominantly single-family residential neighborhood closest to Foothill Village, a semi-regional shopping center, and its streetscapes resemble older East Bench neighborhoods, with uniform home setbacks and extensive street trees. (Bonneville Hills Neighborhood | Council District 6 (Salt Lake City)) The Bonneville Hills neighborhood consists of predominantly single-family homes built during the middle of the 20th century. (East Bench Master Plan (Salt Lake City Planning Division, 2017)) The Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault generates large earthquakes of about magnitude 7 on average every 1,350 years, and the most recent was about 1,300 years ago. (Maps Show Potential Geologic Effects of a Magnitude 7 Earthquake | Utah Geological Survey) A brick building with rows of bricks turned endways every five to six rows may be unreinforced masonry, a pattern once used to add strength before steel reinforcing was required. (Unreinforced Masonry | Earthquakes (Utah Division of Emergency Management)) Utah updated its building codes in the 1970s to outlaw construction of new unreinforced masonry buildings, so URM buildings are typically older structures. (Unreinforced Masonry | Earthquakes (Utah Division of Emergency Management))

Calls come from around Foothill Village, Anderson-Foothill Library, 13th and 21st.